John Sarbanes

Obviously this is a very delicate and pretty complicated topic, this one of scheduling fentanyl, because there are a lot of obstacles to navigate or issues to address.

So you have anticipated, you anticipate a little bit the next question I was going to ask...

The answer is one. That amounts to 0.2 percent of your Federal lobbying during that time.

Not once, not a single time, not one of those 986 instances of lobbying mentions the Paris Agreement.

The fossil fuel executives that are appearing before us today claim that their companies support reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement, a watershed international environmental treaty, as we know.

We need to make a change with respect to that pause preemption.

We think of states who lead... as our partners and not our adversaries.

I certainly appreciate that it is on Congress to fix this problem of the pause preemption.

I wanted to talk to you a little bit about this issue.

The Lautenberg Act, the upgraded version of TSCA, contained very positive reforms.

I am certainly a long supporter of upgrading and modernizing our chemical safety laws to provide these needed protections to Americans.

It is estimated there will be a shortage of between 18,000 and almost 50,000 primary care physicians by 2034.

We have got to make sure that we put more than just phrases behind their efforts, that we put real work and resources behind them, as well.

As has been testified to today, we know that a well-trained workforce is absolutely critical to supporting high-quality healthcare delivery.

The time is now, absolutely. Let's get this done.

The failure to do this, the inability to do this, the not doing it is also symbolic in a negative way.

I want to thank you, Madam Chair, for your tireless, unending efforts to make progress on this.

I like this concept of a child-centered design code, and sort of making sure, before the broader rollout happens, that that assessment is being done.

All the bills that we are hearing about today are very critical.

Legitimate election audits are usually performed by election officials with members of the political parties present.

I would question the impartiality of any audit that was primarily funded by groups headed by these three individuals.

That is how it ought to operate.

There are two things that should make us really nervous about this fishing expedition, this sham audit that was conducted by Cyber Ninjas.

I think that there's work that we can do to figure out how we can help communities partner and try to find other funding sources.

I'm very grateful to the President and to you for granting the Maryland delegation's request to FEMA for Federal disaster assistance.